Edward's POV

I was watching Bella's reaction to her house, and she looked scared out of her mind. As she slowly started walking up the walk, I grabbed her hand in reassurance that I was there if she ever needed me. I smiled at her when she turned around to look at me. The nervous look upon her most angelic face did not go away. Why would someone damage her so much?

She slowly opened the door to her old house to find nothing wrong. She immediately ran upstairs and into her room. I let her go and followed behind her just in case she needed me there. I looked in the room, past the angel standing in front of me, and saw the blood that lingered on the floor from just this morning's problem with a now dead Charlie. "Love, are you sure you are okay with this?" I asked and looked down at her to see tears on the brink of running down her cheeks. "Bella, it will be fine. Do you want me to grab your clothes?" I asked and saw her nod.

She sat on her bed, the crying was starting, but it was silent. The tears were slowly bringing tears to my eyes as I packed her stuff. When she looked up and noticed what drawer I was going to she shook her head at me. Slowly she got up and opened the drawer; all of her undergarments were in there. I left her so then she could pack them without having to be embarrassed. I heard a noise upstairs and ran for her, and grabbed her just before she flew into the now dried up blood.

"Love you have to be more careful." I laughed a little and got a smile out of her. I was excited to say the least that she was smiling. "You all done now love?" I asked.

"Yeah Edward, let's get the fuck out of this hell hole." She stated with fear in her voice as if Charlie was going to pop up at any second. We both made it downstairs and I was carrying her suit case down the stairs when I heard one twig break, she must have heard it too because her head snapped up at the sound that was faint to my ears. "Renée?" she looked at me and then made a dart for the back door. I followed her example not knowing why she was running.

I caught up with her and asked, "Why were you running away from Renée love?"

"Look in her mind, see what she is doing here. Okay love?" She used the nickname that I have used for her, and then I did as she asked. "I wonder…would Bella ever come back to live with me? Did she find a boy? I should have told her about Charlie from the start, I knew that he might not have changed." I had enough of her thoughts.

I turned to Bella and repeated the same things that Renée said. "She…knew all along?" I simply nodded and within two seconds flat she was in my arms and crying onto my chest.

Bella's POV

How could Renée do this to me? How? She knew that Charlie might become abusive, again. Is that the reason they got a divorce and we went on that permanent vacation? I cried and cried into Edward's shirt until I was sure that Renée wasn't near the driveway. I heard her move into my room where the blood was and an intake of breath. "Edward, I think we should leave." He simply nodded knowing not to argue with me and we ran to the car, with the suitcase which probably weighed nothing to him.

Once we were in the Volvo, he speed away from the house, probably sensing that I didn't want to be here anymore. I think he was on edge to just not showing it, but he was careful with his words around me while we were in that house. "Thank you Edward. I think I should call my mom." He nodded and then handed me his cell phone. I dialed the number and the phone was ringing, ringing, ringing, and then finally I heard her voice come. "Hey mom." I said simply and smiled as I heard her tears coming down faster. "Listen I met a guy, and he is really sweet, and I love him. I'm living there so then I can stay in Forks. You want to meet him?" I asked looking at Edward who was staring out the windshield with a smile plastered on his face.

"Of course honey. Can we meet at the mall? By the food court?" She asked, must be hunger.

"Sure mom, that's no problem. The food court sounds great." Edward was catching on with the plan and did a U-Turn and made way for the small mall that was in Forks. I smiled at him as his smile grew at the thought of meeting my mother. "See you soon; we are on the way there. Bye mom." I heard her mumble a goodbye and I shut Edward's phone and handed it to him. I was about to speak when he interrupted me.

"So meeting your mother am I?" He laughed and then he had a look of concentration on his face, and if I didn't know him better then I would think that he was focusing on the road, but he was reading someone's mind. "I need to call Carlisle." He pulled over to the side of the road.

"Hey Dad, is it alright if Bella and I go to the mall to meet someone?" he asked as soon as Carlisle picked up.

"Sure Edward, who is this someone though?" He asked and Edward turned to me with a question of 'should-I-tell-him' in his eyes. I nodded my head and his smile returned to his most beautiful face.

"It's Bella's mother. She came up to check on Bella after getting a call from the police or whatever. Bella called Renée and asked if she would want to meet me, because I'm the guy in her life now." I giggled a little when he exaggerated the word 'guy'.

"Okay son, I approve, just make sure that Bella makes it back here, I don't want her to leave us so soon." I smiled as Carlisle said that, he had no clue that I could hear him, but it filled me with pride that he wanted me back to his house, my new home.

"Like I would let her do that," Edward whispered into the phone, knowing that I could hear, but didn't care. "I've got to get back to driving, so I will talk to you later dad."

"Bye son." And with that Edward hung up and started driving again.

"So you really wouldn't let me go?" I asked and hope filling my tone, I don't know if I could live without him in my life.

"No Silly Bella, I would never ever want you to leave me, I don't think I would be able to survive without you." He said with sincerity in his voice. I could tell he was smiling although I wasn't looking at him. I really wanted to kiss him right now, but my mother was going to be in for a surprise when I kissed him. I needed to.

"That's funny; I was just thinking the same thing, maybe different wording, but the same idea. Sometimes it's like you can still read my mind." I let out a little chuckle and sighed as I thought back to when I was embarrassed for him being able to read my mind. It did safe my life. "Thank you, for everything."

"What are you thanking me for Bella? You have saved me from myself. I don't think you need to be thanking me; I think I should be begging you to be in my life, forever." My heart was going to burst through my chest at any moment by now. He was so loving and romantic.

"I think it's quite the opposite there Edward." I said in a whisper as a tear escaped from me. He wiped it away and left his hand on my cheek. I leaned into his comforting hand, and then turned and kissed his hand.

We pulled up into the parking lot at the mall. I hoped Edward was prepared for my mother's questions that would be out of the blue. Stepping closer to becoming public with our relationship, here is where it will all start, creepy, strange, and most of all, loving.